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Thursday 15 March 2018
Advantech to buy 25% stake in Turkey distributor Alitek
Taiwan-based IPC player Advantech has announced plans to acquire a 25% stake in Alitek, the largest channel distributor in Turkey, and will continue increasing the shareholding each...
Friday 9 March 2018
Acer sees strong gaming demand in Middle East
Acer is seeing strong gaming notebook demand in Dubai since local consumers have high acceptance of innovative products, while the price is not a major concern, according to Paul...
Friday 9 March 2018
Acer looking to expand presence in enterprise notebook market in Middle East, Africa
Acer is looking to grow its share of the enterprise notebook market in the Middle East and Africa to 15% in 2018 from only 2% in 2017, according to country manager Paul Collins.
Wednesday 7 March 2018
Emerging markets to drive smartphone market growth in 2018
Replacement demand for smartphones in emerging markets including India, Southeast Asia, Central America, the Middle East and Africa will be playing the growth driving role of the...
Friday 15 December 2017
Africa's smartphone market bounces back in 3Q17, says IDC
Africa's smartphone market bounced back from two consecutive declines to post a sequential growth of 4.4% to 21.7 million units in the third quarter of 2017, spurred by ongoing economic...
Thursday 9 November 2017
Spreadtrum chips adopted by Accent for smartphones sold in North Africa
Spreadtrum Communications, a China-based fabless chipmaker specializing in mobile SoCs, has announced its solutions have been selected by Accent, an IT brand based in Morocco, for...
Monday 24 July 2017
CEE and notebooks, main drivers of the EMEA traditional PC market recovery, said IDC
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks and workstations) continued to improve in the second quarter of 2017, with a stable performance...
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Wearables continue to see strong growth in MEA market, says IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) wearable market continued its strong growth trajectory into the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest figures compiled by IDC. Bucking a...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
EMEA server spending declines 12.9% on year, says IDC
IDC's EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the fourth quarter of 2016 the EMEA server market reported an on-year decline in vendor revenues of 12.9% to EUR$3.4 billion (US$3.62 billion)...
Monday 13 March 2017
MEA PC market declines on year amid weak commercial demand, says IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market experienced a mild decline of 1.8% on year in the fourth quarter of 2016 to total 3.2 million units, according to IDC. The decline stemmed...
Tuesday 20 September 2016
EMEA server spending decreases by 3.7% on year in 2Q16, says IDC
As reported in IDC's EMEA Server Tracker, in the second quarter of 2016 the EMEA server market reported a moderate on-year decline in vendor revenues of 3.7% to EUR3 billion (US$3.37...
Monday 27 June 2016
Healthcare providers in Middle East and North Africa to spend US$2.78 billion on IT in 2016, says Gartner
Healthcare providers in the Middle East and North Africa will spend US$2.78 billion on IT products and services in 2016, according to Gartner. This forecast includes spending by healthcare...
Tuesday 29 March 2016
Middle East and Africa PC market suffers steepest ever decline in shipments in 4Q15, says IDC
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market suffered a 28.7% on-year slump in shipments in the final quarter of 2015, according to the latest insights from IDC. Shipments fell for...
Thursday 24 March 2016
EMEA x86 server spending grows 5% on year in 4Q15, says IDC
As reported in IDC's EMEA Server Tracker, in the fourth quarter of 2015 the EMEA server market continued to show moderate growth, reporting US$3.9 billion in vendor revenues and 625,000...
Monday 21 March 2016
EMEA external storage market continues to decline in 4Q15 but all-flash adoption soars, says IDC
The total EMEA external storage systems value fell 7.5% on year to US$2.08 billion in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to IDC's EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For...